U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan is heading to Tampa Friday as part of an Obama administration push to get people to sign up for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act.

In Tampa, Donovan is scheduled to hold a news conference Friday morning at the Encore Tampa redevelopment project near downtown and have lunch with Mayor Bob Buckhorn at Malio's Prime Steakhouse.

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